yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Epic 4G Android Development] n756gkj:
Still unable to get a CM9 dl to work. But ...

I did manage to grab a CM7 nightly. As you'd suggested, that seems to fix the !restoring problem -- it's chugging along now.

Next, to take it for a spin.

Thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
I have to agree with ed on this one. Cm9 is as good if not better than cm7 and use it as a daily driver myself. The very few minor bugs are well worth dealing with. Cm9 is a very good from made by a bunch of really smart devs. Alpha means nothing in this case.

sent from my CM9 ICS Samuraized Epic Masterpiece
[Epic 4G Android Development] n756gkj:
My 1st couple of runthroughs with CM7-nightly have not been promising.

I did get TitaniumBackup to execute, but lots of ForceClose/Wait interruptions during the process.

It finally finished, with all apps appearing to be reinstalled.

Two primary problems, atm:

(1) I can't get Contacts & Calendar information restored in any circumstance with CM7. The apps run -- but data is empty.

(2) Link2SD sdcard partition mounts are not correctly handled, requiring a "Quick Reboot" to get all apps recognized from their sdcard locations.

Switching back to TW/mtd ROM cures both problems.

Waiting for CM9 to become available to see if it's any more promising.

Thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
You're still waiting for a rom that came out (and has remained on the first page of this very forum section since) roughly a week ago? I've known some patient people, but damn...
[Epic 4G Android Development] n756gkj:
the CM9 DLs have been down for much of the last couple of days, as discussed on numerous forums, in #irc, etc. some folks have had luck grabbing the files, others haven't.

if you're going to try to appear clever you might want to check your facts 1st
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ragnar:
The CM9 downloads are working i just used mirror 5 to download a copy of alpha1,
[Epic 4G Android Development] goblue30093:
I am also having poor audio quality on calls. I am on nightly 31 and cannot update since links are down. I will try the samurai kernel first but if that doesnt fix it then I'm done with CM7.

Other issues I have are if I'm on wifi and receive an MMS I can't download it without turning off wifi and then rebooting to get 3g back on. Not cool at all. Also a couple apps FC.
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
We already know this is a bug. It has been posted several times already and has been noted in the wiki and development blog. CM9 doesn't have this issue.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mocsab:
I tried all of the "Mirrors" and they all worked - no problems - I am sure you already know where to go but just in case - go to this page - http://epiccm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html

Just for grins and giggles I tried all five mirror sites listed there and they all worked for me - best of luck - CM 9 is the coolest thing that happened to my phone since I turned it on the first time!
[Epic 4G Android Development] n756gkj:
Mirrors 1-4 were completely n/a for me last nite. Mirror 5 kicked in for ~ 50% of the DL, then dropped the connection. This morning however, all's up again.

Gremlins :-/

CM9 is installed. At 1st glance, it's slick. I'm restoring from backup as I type. We'll see how daily-driver-type usage goes for me.

Thanks.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ragnar:
Please delete this post in error
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ragnar:
You shouldn't have to restore from back ups. You flash rom, flash ICS gapps then boot. Log into your android account, it finds every app you have and loads everything on its own. Then you just go in and set your preferences.
[Epic 4G Android Development] n0g0:
That only works if you have your Gapps set to backup your device to Google servers.

Personally, I found that to be a battery drain and a time suck (vs. restoring data from a nandroid or Titanium).
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
Hey, you said you were going to "wait until CM9 becomes available" - not that you were waiting for the links to be fixed ::shrug::

CM9 was already available, and you made no mention of issues with the download links - once you pointed that out, several other users responded that the links still work just fine. The fact that no one mentioned that until you clarified your intended meaning should tell you that I'm not the only one who couldn't read your mind to determine what you really meant. Don't be mad at me or anyone else for your own conversational shortcomings.

Say what you mean, and mean what you say :)

Also, as far as I've seen, CM7 is the rom with issues - the changelog and nightly download pages haven't been available for a few days. I think perhaps you mixed your numbers up due to an unrelated connectivity issue at your end?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Nashdogg:
Nightly 38 up on the mirror site. :D
[Epic 4G Android Development] n756gkj:
my "conversational shortcomings" were the reason you went our of your way to be disparaging?

got it.

ignored.
[Epic 4G Android Development] AproSamurai:
Rather than getting annoyed by the conversational techniques of people who reside on the site, perhaps you should get on the IRC (irc.irondust.net #epic) and converse about the things on the kernel level which are bothering you? Init.rc.local and otherwise, maybe you'll get the answers you've been looking for.
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
Nope. Your shortcomings were the reason why no one answered your real question until my sarcastic remark brought your true intention to the surface, because no one knew what you actually meant to say until you said it - after I teased you for appearing to wait for something that was already here (based on what you typed, since any thoughts you have while typing aren't posted unless you actually articulate them). No need to get defensive, we all make mistakes.

On a more positive note, I'm glad to see you found CM9 - hope you're enjoying it :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] victorhuang20:
Anyone have any luck with changing to the front camera with google talk video?
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
The latest CM7 nightly is working great. However still no MMS for virgin mobile users. So can someone please recompile this mms.apk for me. I am trying to change it to work with virgin mobile. I cant get it to compile on my computer and I have been asking all day, it literally should take 30 seconds to download, compile, then upload. Thanks so much!!!
[Epic 4G Android Development] philowneus:
Every time I try to get on irc it tells me no such channel. But I also have no experience with irc.
[Epic 4G Android Development] thomasskull666:
If a channel doesn't exist, it will be created when you join it and you will be set as founder. But I assure you, #epic does exist lol.

Download an IRC client of your choice. I personally use xchat, but there are many others. (Alternatively you can use the irondust webchat, I just don't ever use it.) Set the server to irc.irondust.net, and join using a nickname of your choice. Now either manually type "/join #epic" (minus quotes) in your IRC client settings. After you're in I would recommend registering your nick with nickserv, you can do that by typing "/nickserv help" (again, minus quotes) to get a brief overview of how to do it.

I highly recommend joining in the epic channel for development related issues, not just regular operational questions or minor bug reports, as there are plenty of seasoned developers who can answer your question(s).
[Epic 4G Android Development] XxLostSoulxX:
Thomasskull666, Do you think you'll ever make another kernel again?

I loved your Vision Kernel and i think you could help others with their new ones out right now. it'd be a nice addition to either for ICS, CM7, whatever your pick clearly but would be really cool and nice to see. always liked your work and still do.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nitekillerz:
Text message issue?

When ever i send a message that is a long one (when it turns to more than 1 message at same time) the person always received a bunch of letter and numbers. When i send one by one it is fine. Is anyone else having this problem? and is there a fix?
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
Wow this answer is going to seem like I'm being a d**k but its only because this has been answered every other page so I know you didn't bother searching... go into you messaging settings and split text messages... please search... I googled this and the first 7 results that popped up gave me the answer...
[Epic 4G Android Development] nitekillerz:
yeah after i posted it i looked...sorry i don't mind you for being mad. but anyways i have put split message and it doest not stay. Its like if the split thing works for one message and thats it.
[Epic 4G Android Development] flastnoles11:
That's weird... try go sms or handcent...
[Epic 4G Android Development] Schnadam:
Does Skype work on this rom?
[Epic 4G Android Development] Beezer80:
Yes it does.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Schnadam:
Why does it keep initializing the camera and failing then?
[Epic 4G Android Development] kgettens:
Vibrating during the call?

Hey guys...first off, this ROCKS!

When I'm on a call, it vibrates whenever I move it away from my ear..I know, it's weird, but literally as soon as I move it away, like the screen wakes up, it vibrates. I've checked through all the settings and can't find any reason.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Ragnar:
Keep looking through the settings, you didn't look good enough.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Beezer80:
Are you using the stock kernel? I'm all stock CM7 and it worked the last time I tried it which was a few days ago. Obviously something could have changed since then. *shrugs*
[Epic 4G Android Development] fromchaos0646:
cm7 has been working perfectly for me but as of lately, my mms is not working properly where it did before. i cant load the mms when i recieve it whether im on 3g, wifi, or 4g. however i can send mms fine. i was on n28 when it started and went to n39 and use gosms and it still does it. anyone experiencing this? it had worked previously on n28 and i know that this had been fixed in previous nightlies. what gives?

edit: so i clean installed alpha2 and everything is working perfectly.
[Epic 4G Android Development] Devtodi:
Been getting some freezes from the desktop on nightly 38. Fyi. Have to pull battery to reboot.

Update : none so far on 40.

From my CM7 Epic!
[Epic 4G Android Development] TrentB:
Sometimes after a low signal area or even a few hours my 3G logo will still show up but data won't work without toggling wifi or airplane mode.

Has anyone found a solution of some sort to this? Typically I just leave wifi on but would prefer to save juice and use what I am paying for.

Also, after a phone call when I go to hang up the screen is locked and doesn't turn on when removing phone from my face. Any ideas or solutions for this?

Thanks
[Epic 4G Android Development] XxLostSoulxX:
38,39,40 no changes
[Epic 4G Android Development] styles420:
The official changelog is still down because of the Yahoo API issue, so do you know of an alternate changelog site? I looked through the gerrit commits, and it appears that there are changes committed (maybe I misunderstood your post - did you mean no change to the rom, or to your experience regarding errors and bugs?)
[Epic 4G Android Development] RyleyinSTL:
Anything merged/approved since the last nightly should show up in the new nightly.
[Epic 4G Android Development] nitekillerz:
CM7 Updates

Since CM9 came out will there be any more small/big changes to this rom? Not looking for anything big cause its awesome but small changes like the 4g toggle.

Also i see everyone talking about nighties um am i supposed to be flashing nighties? I have it stock from when i first downloaded it
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
You dont have to flash nightlies (not nighties lol) but its recommended to flash them every once in a while to stay up to date. For example 4G toggle has been fixed for about a month now.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1
[Epic 4G Android Development] bigtex06:
Is anyone else having issues with the camera? When I first launch the camera it comes up in a black screen. If I next go to the gallery and then back . The camera works as it should to take pictures.
[Epic 4G Android Development] TeMpTiN:
yes

no flashing nighties is not recommended.

However flashing a nightly is different. They are auto builds from the main project and our devs code. They are for the most part safe but you should read through the thread a bit to make sure if the last couple have had any issues. Of course you flash everything at your own risk. There are a couple threads in General that might help bring you up to speed on them as well.

---------- Post added at 09:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:14 PM ----------

I have seen this can you get it to fix by switching to video and back as well?

Is it happening all the time or just every now and then?

What build are you on?
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
well i'm back. alpha2 took a big dump on me so i decided to go back to CM7

looks like the last nightly in rom manager is 36. did something happen to the nightlies?
[Epic 4G Android Development] sureshot007:
I have been using CM7 since October, and loving it, but decided to test drive CM9 yesterday. I've been on it less than a day, so no real opinions yet. Not to go too far off topic in this thread, would you care to share details on your experience and why you came back to CM7?
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
honestly it was great, but its just not a daily driver yet. some audio issues, a couple of random crashes, etc. plus a bunch of things from CM7 weren't incorperated yet. today my phone started ringing and then just locked up and started vibrating like mad. when i went to reboot it wouldn't go past the splash screen. other people have reported some ringing issues (different from mine) just figured i'd wait a bit before i went back. stability is more important to me
[Epic 4G Android Development] :
Agreed - stability is critical for my phone. I've had a few random lockups and occasional laggyness (alpha 1). Also, in general, ICS on phones doesn't seem to be required whereas its a must have for tablets. I'm not sure if Alpha 2 is much better but at this point, I'd rather wait. It also helps that my Touchpad's version of ICS is stable enough to be a daily driver
[Epic 4G Android Development] christophocles:
I've been running ICS since 2 days ago and I see no reason to ever go back to CM7. I needed to wipe all data and re-download everything from the market anyway, since I had some instability on CM7. Now that I've done so for CM9, everything is even better than it was before. All of my apps work great. No crashes. I didn't notice THAT much difference in CM9 anyway, though. Just some additional eye candy and slightly smoother UI due to the GPU acceleration. And I can be content in the fact that I am running the latest and greatest software on my mobile device.
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
its good go have choices. i chose to come back to something more stable after being on it for more then 2 days

edit: that came out cattier then i intended it to
[Epic 4G Android Development] hayzooos:
Latest nightly should be 41, as that's the one on the mirror page. I personally have never used ROM Manager as it seemed a lot of people were having issues with it. I would jump from nightly to nightly only wiping caches and never had a FC, random reboot, nothing like that.

I actually jumped back to ERA 2.2 MTD last night after being on CM7 for a few weeks. Really liked a few of the options for CM7, and the fact that when I removed the stuff I didn't want in there, it was like 92MB or something like that. But, I couldn't get over the camera and camcorder not being up to snuff like the TW one was. That and it would sound like I was in a wind tunnel when talking on the phone every few nightlys. Minor things in the grand scheme, but important to the way I use my phone.
[Epic 4G Android Development] drunkskunk:
Is this ever going to reach rc1 since it since like cm9 is getting ask the attention like a maniac internet attention whore? Don't very me wrong, I want cm9 to reach its perfection but cm7 was almost there.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BenBarker:
I'm back on CM7 because my auto rotation is fragged on CM9 and want all the bells and whistles that CM7 has....I never knew how much I used auto rotation until it was gone... I love CM7 and am totally cool sticking it out until CM9 hits RC. Hopefully by then they will have figured out why the auto rotation is borked on some devices and not others. That said, CM9 is pretty frickin killer and I understand why alot of peeps run it as a daily.
[Epic 4G Android Development] BenBarker:
+ 1 to that!
[Epic 4G Android Development] retrobits:
does anyone know if the call audio improvements from CM9 alpha2 have found their way into a CM7 nightly?
[Epic 4G Android Development] TeMpTiN:
Yes it will, but don't ask when.
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
dammit i wish someone would fix the nightlies page
[Epic 4G Android Development] NissanNick:
So is delopment done for this!?
[Epic 4G Android Development] maxpower2078:
So do none of the programming codes such as ##3282# work with this rom?
[Epic 4G Android Development] brooksyx:
you can use the dial *#*#3282#*#* to view the data files but you can't edit them.
[Epic 4G Android Development] adamdelozier:
Not sure why people keep asking this (just a few pages back, no less). Nightlies are still being generated. Git is still showing upstream changes. CM9 is getting a lot of user attention, but work is still being done here. A little reading goes a long way.
[Epic 4G Android Development] tony_spear:
The CM status page has been updated religiously. I think the posts are related to an issue where nightlies via Rom manager stopped on 2/6. (#36)

I looked today and ROM Manager nightlies are now up to date. (#41)
[Epic 4G Android Development] Sturmie:
I just upgraded to CM7 and can't get my gapps to flash properly...I flash the zip in CWM, but nothing shows up in my ROM. Any ideas?
[Epic 4G Android Development] lilajrestnom:
Redownload gapps and flash them again?

If that doesn't work then reflash the rom then gapps?

Probably the best I can do..

But what r u expecting to find exactly..?

Go to settings>account and sync. And choose add account does it give u anoption to add a google account?
[Epic 4G Android Development] CrfEpic4g:
That stupid changelog page is pissing me off its down almost all the time....but still good job with the nightlies still running this over cm9 keep it up!
[Epic 4G Android Development] drunkskunk:
I stopped flashing the nighties. It was like some kind of digital meth. I couldnt stop flashing every afternoon! I could never enjoy my phone. Constantly adding , deleting, tweaking, settings, erasing. I almost went madcow. I stopped at nightly 34. Now........ I'm free.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jworkcoo:
I tried CM9 a few times and I just keep coming back to CM7. I don't know what all the hoopla is with it, I'm sorry. I guess it just comes down to personal preference. Its like getting a pair of new Jordans and they're uncomfortable as hell but you continue to wear them because its new and its the latest release. I'm also kinda upset about the changelog page but I will still stick with this untill they work out a few more bugs with CM9. And even after that, I still don't know if I will commit to it as far as being my daily driver. When I tried CM9, Battery life was bad for me, there was a rotation lag, and I'm not a fan of the new gmail. Sorry for the rant, just giving my opinion.
[Epic 4G Android Development] drunkskunk:
Yup... I tried ics 4 times and keep falling back to reliable gb. Too buggy.
[Epic 4G Android Development] hardrock121:
any suggestion for a stable-ish nightly.. i know i know its nightly .. but i have not flashed a single nightly yet.. still on the stock /stable one.
[Epic 4G Android Development] mis3:
Don't take this the wrong way, but if you had actually read the thread, you would realize that this is pretty foolish. The 'stock/stable' one had a number of significant bugs that were fixed in the nightlies.

After cm9 came out, changes to nightlies slowed dramatically. I've stayed on 31 and it's been very solid.
[Epic 4G Android Development] retrobits:
I'm on nightly 41 and its working great. Bluetooth audio stability seems a bit better than my prev nightly (32). Call quality might be better too, but it might be my imagination. Also, it seems that call volume does not default to max every time now, rather it remembers your last level. This is just what I think I've observed on my phone over a few days. I wish I could figure out what's actually changing.
[Epic 4G Android Development] hayzooos:
31 was a good one IMO as well. The last one I was with for more than a few days was 39, which I also found to work quite well.

I don't think I've read this anywhere, but my assumption is that any changes to the nightlies comes from upstream, as I believe all our devs are working on CM9 and no longer working on CM7. I could be wrong though.

EDIT: My biggest issue with CM7 was the camera. However, the camera on CM9 is friggin awesome. Pictures turn out great, the video seems to adjust to different lighting situations (CM7, it would lock to whatever it was when you switched to video). Is there anyway to take the camera from CM9 and get it to work in CM7? If so, I would be almost 100% happy with CM7.
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
That's correct, its all upstream. Also, its not possible to take the cm9 camera, however there are many camera apps on the market that can give you different options/features. I agree the camera is kind of limited, but there's no such thing as an absoultely "perfect" rom :P

Sent from my Samsung Epic using CM7!
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
would any of the cameras on the market help with the white balance issue?
[Epic 4G Android Development] || Acer ||:
I can't say for sure unfortunately (although I don't think I have the white balance issue) but if you are curious to try, just install a few apps and see what works.

https://market.android.com/search?q=camera&c=apps
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
i've got a couple that i paid for a while ago. i'll try them out tonight
[Epic 4G Android Development] hayzooos:
The only issue I had with the CM7 camera was actually the video. The camera seemed fine to me. However, video wouldn't adjust, and that sucked. I did find one app that did fix it, lgcamera I think it was called. I could move the video around and the lighting would automatically adjust. I didn't like the app as a whole though, not for any particular reason, just didn't.
[Epic 4G Android Development] murso74:
yeah i meant the video. i got too ****faced last night and forgot to test my apps. i'll try it again today
[Epic 4G Android Development] troyolson92:
Camera works fine for me and video sometimes blips... I'm on stock cm7 nightly 43... I've had my sd card get messed up twice on previous builds with Samaria kernel
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
It says in the OP that is not working yet.
[Epic 4G Android Development] bender beerman:
by reading the OP and acknowledging that it just doesn't work yet...

BEER!
[Epic 4G Android Development] czechpunk:
Great job and many thanks to everyone involved with this ROM!

No thanks and STFU to everyone who asks the same stupid questions about 4G toggle button not working or TB Pro not restoring apps. Read before you post!

Edit: Sorry for being so negative this early, but we could really cut down on pages in these posts if people would just read, IMHO. I'll shut up now...